Anxiety: 5 Tips To Relieve The Symptoms

25. Aug, 2010

What Is Anxiety?

It is natural for all of us to experience some kind of anxiety at certain points in our lives. Situations that can bring on anxiety include job interviews, stress in general and upsetting times in our lives.

During these intense periods, our bodies and minds go into overdrive, meaning that we barely get time to rest ourselves and recover. We can start to worry about things that previously hadn’t bothered us before. We begin to doubt out judgment and not trust ourselves. Our thought pattern can become jumbled and start to have disturbing thoughts.

Anxiety

For some people they live their lives by their anxiety. It dictates exactly what happens. It is bad enough having it for a few weeks during a stressful period, but when it is every day it can start to ruin your life. Also some people suffer from particular things that cause their anxiety, meaning they ignore what causes it.

It is true that you can seek help and professional treatment for anxiety and I highly recommend it. Nothing can substitute a professional. However, there are things that you can do yourself to ease the symptoms of anxiety.

5 Tips To Relieve Anxiety Symptoms

Some of the following may seem like obvious tips but they are often overlooked. You may also find a helpful hint that you have not known about before. The thing with anxiety is that everyone is different. Therefore your treatment and things that help you will be unique to you.

1. Get Good Amounts Of Sleep

Sleep is underestimated by many people. When you are suffering with anxiety your sleep may be a bit all over the place. It is important to get yourself into a routine of going to bed at a sensible time. Another thing is to not oversleep, which is so easy to do when you are full of worry.

2. Accept Your Weaknesses And Prevail With Your Strengths

By thinking that anxiety is your demon and that you will never get rid of it, is not going to help you. Try accepting it which by that i mean say to yourself okay, i find this and this difficult but what could i do that anxiety is not going to affect? Think of it as one of your weaknesses and think about your strengths and prevail with them.

3. Do Some Form Of Physical Exercise

Exercise is a fantastic way to get rid of bad feelings and thoughts. Many of the feeling we feel when anxious is partly down to anger. By doing something physical, you may find that your anxiety will be slightly better. Exercising will distract your mind from thinking about your fears and worries.

4. Set Yourself Goals

When you get up, try to make a goal for the day. This can be anything you want it to be. Try to be realistic with this goal though, as you will most likely feel worse if you cannot accomplish the goal. On the other hand, if you can complete the goal you will feel great and it will increase your confidence.

5. Try To Talk To Someone

This can be a friend, relative, doctor or work colleague. By talking to someone about something that is worrying you, you may feel slightly better. This does not work for everyone it depends on how you feel about it.

These are just a few of the things that you can do to help relieve the symptoms of anxiety. Another point is to remember that you are not alone, and there are many resources out there that can help.

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